CEO and Co-founder of WATGRIDPrincipal Research Scientist at Instituto se Telecomunicacoes - Head of Optics & Photonics Research Area Vice-President and Co-Founder of the Portuguese Optical Society (SPOF).President of the Portuguese Territorial Committee for the International Commission for Optics (ICO)Vice-Coordinator of the Plataforma Tecnologica de Moldes da Universidade de AveiroIndependent expert for the European Comission in the seventh framework programme and H2020.Member of the National Expert Group for Oenology (Portugal)Former General Director of Creative Science Park - Aveiro Region (Parque de Ciência e Inovação)Former Innovation Manager at Nokia Siemens Networks (Portugal) and Coriant (Portugal)Innovation Management experience, including standard NP4457Patent evaluationMember of the editorial board of the IET-Optoelectronics, Journal of the European Optical Society Rapid Publications (Springer Nature)Member of the editorial board of the Journal of the Scientific World JournalAuthor of several publications including three book chapters and over 400 papers in national and international refereed journals and conferences, including 10 patents.Researcher in the topics of optical communications and optical sensors based on fiber optics. Leader of several research projects in collaboration with international and national institutions (public and private).Expert in industry 4.0 related topics, including digitalization of process through sensing.Submarine links. Cabos submarinos. Research consultant with focus on technology transfer between research institutions and industry.PhD students supervision in the areas of optical communications and sensors.Specialties: Industry 4.0 (indústria 4.0, i4.0)IoTOptical CommunicationsFiber optical DevicesSensorsStructure health monitoringSubmarine linksDigitalização de processos na indústriaEntrepreneurshipCabos submarinos óticos